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  1. J

    Is there genuinely good evidence that the universe could have been eternal/infinite into the past?

    Now, I'm no cosmologist and I'm terrible at understanding science but are there good philosophical and scientific reasons to believe that the universe could be eternal/infinite into the past and thus didn't need to have a beginning and thus a God/creator to begin it? Or is an...
  2. J

    I'm very late with this but how did Biden manage to win the Dem nomination?

    I'm obviously very late given that he turned out to be President but one thing that hasn't made sense to me was how Biden won the Dem nomination. No offence to anyone of this demographic but he's an old, some may call boring, white guy running against others in the Dem nomination field who would...
  3. J

    I don't get why some people make fun of others like me for this.

    I'm a young guy in his 20s, I've never been on a date, I've never kissed a woman/been kissed, I've never known/been with a woman intimately. When people find out about this, they usually make fun of people like me for it. I've kinda experienced that, but rather in the sense that people have...
  4. J

    Christians, change my mind: the more I think of substitutionary atonement, the less it makes sense.

    Can Jesus really save anyone? The more I think of the Christian idea of substitutionary atonement the less I'm convinced that Jesus can actually save anyone. 1) if Jesus paid the absolute debt for my sins then why must I ask for forgiveness? If my sins truly have been paid for then I shouldn't...
  5. J

    Question for believers in the Abrahamic God with respect to God and free will.

    Why are there examples in the Bible, Torah, Koran and even IRL, if one is inclined to believe personal experiences, where God intervenes to stop persons from using their free will... yet according to theology, God isn't supposed to intervene to stop people from using their free will to do evil...
  6. J

    Is this potential evidence for the resurrection of Christ?

    I'm not really a believer but one question that's really intriguing and could potentially be evidence that Jesus rose from the dead is the fact that doubting Thomas was skeptical of the resurrection but upon touching Jesus' wounds he became a believer in the resurrection. Now assuming the story...
  7. J

    Is Hell a place where God punishes you or you punish yourself?

    Which is it? All of sudden nowadays I've heard a toned down version of hell from theists where a just God doesn't deservedly send you there to punish you for your sins but you send yourself there by rejecting God's love apparently, and He isn't punishing you but you're punishing yourself. All of...
  8. J

    If humans are made in the image of God why not make it so that...

    If humans are made in the image of God why not make it so that we can't be anymore? Why not make it so that a person's status as an image bearer of God is revoked if they don't want it anymore? I thought God cared about giving people choices.
  9. J

    In order to avoid anyone going to hell why couldn't God just do this?

    Assuming hell exists, in order to avoid the possibility of anyone going there to begin with, why couldn't God just do this?: God being completely self sufficient and lacking nothing should have no needs or wants whatsoever. Therefore He shouldn't have even wanted to create humans since He...
  10. J

    Why does God care about some mammal species floating around in the middle of nowhere?

    Why? Can anyone explain?
  11. J

    Just for my own info but if God exists what can I do to get them to grant me a wish?

    Just for my own info but if God exists what can I do to get them to grant me a wish?
  12. J

    Why can't God...

    Why can't God, if He/She/It exists just create humans whom they know would want to exist instead of creating people who hate being here? Do they like seeing people suffer, is them being here even though they don't want to be here some type of practical joke for this being? Like gosh, why can't...
  13. J

    Question for atheists.

    What would you do if a being calling themselves God appeared and they took you to some sort of paradise and while there they showed you their love for you by showering you with love like you never felt before? Would you believe that they were God? And if you wouldn't believe why wouldn't you...
  14. J

    What REALLY is the point?!

    What's the point in searching for truth or knowledge? It doesn't seem as though we can know anything for sure or with any type of certainty and even if we were to get knowledge, it's possible that we'll interpret it wrongly. What's the point in asking for evidence in favor of or against a God's...
  15. J

    Why bother debating or discussing?

    Based on the brief amount of time I've spent on this forum and that I've spent involved in/looking at debates with others concerning matters of religion, faith, metaphysics etc away from this forum, it seems to me that these discussions make no sense since the participants involved don't enter...
  16. J

    What do the terms "spiritual" or "supernatural" mean?

    What does it mean to say that someone or something is "spiritual" or "supernatural"? "Spiritual" is usually defined by what it's not ie. not material but what does that even mean? Or "supernatural" itself is defined as anything beyond the natural or even anything that transcends the...
  17. J

    Have you ever seen Jesus?

    Have any of you Christians ever seen Jesus' physical body with His wounds and scars and stuff... not some vague spiritual presence but actually saw Him standing right in front of you?
  18. J

    Questions...

    First question for people of a Christian persuasion: Why did God create anything at all if He existed by Himself in perfect relationship as a Holy Trinity having everything He would ever want or need?
  19. J

    Hi

    Hi I'm new and I'm an agnostic who joined because I have questions I want to ask.
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